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Mashup: Sea Route Finder

Searoutefinder is a tool for measuring distances between ports located all over the world and for visualizing them on a Google Map. It doesn't just visualize, but calculates the freighter ship's estimated fual consumption and the estimated duration of the journey.

JetSetMe is a project that visually displays the roaming habits of mobile phones that operate on the O2 network. The company Provides the JetSetMe API that allows developers to create applications that make use of this data. In the United Kingdom O2, owned by Telefónica, is the second-largest telecommunications provider. JetSetMe taps into network resources to access the information necessary to understand how users move throughout Europe.

It's a little bit creepy, but it's also a little bit genius. Singles for Foursquare builds a dating and messaging service on top of the location-sharing application. The result is a mashup that could match up hip iPhone-using, Foursquare-playing, same-bar-going early adopters.